It's the Magazine's 7 days 7 questions news quiz - a chance for you to test how much of the news you've read, watched and heard from the past week... and how much you remember.
It's the Magazine's 7 days 7 questions news quiz - a chance for you to test how much of the news you've read, watched and heard from the past week... and how much you remember.
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There was a surprise silver for Team GB when high jumper Germaine Mason cleared 2.34m...
There was a surprise silver for Team GB when high jumper Germaine Mason cleared 2.34m...
1.) Multiple Choice Question
1.) Multiple Choice Question
...how high is 2.34m on a Routemaster double-decker bus?
...how high is 2.34m on a Routemaster double-decker bus?
Sill of upper windows
Top of door
Destination blind
Top of driver's cabin
Sill of upper windows
Top of door
Destination blind
Top of driver's cabin
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Like football pitches and Wales, the iconic and all-but-defunct Routemaster bus is a comparative unit of measure. Click NEXT to continue.
Like football pitches and Wales, the iconic and all-but-defunct Routemaster bus is a comparative unit of measure. Click NEXT to continue.
2.) Multiple Choice Question
2.) Multiple Choice Question
More from Beijing. "That guy is fast." Said who?
More from Beijing. "That guy is fast." Said who?
Michael Johnson on Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt on Usain Bolt
Chris Hoy on Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny, pipped for the sprint cycling gold by team mate Chris Hoy
Michael Johnson on Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt on Usain Bolt
Chris Hoy on Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny, pipped for the sprint cycling gold by team mate Chris Hoy
3.) Multiple Choice Question
3.) Multiple Choice Question
For the first time there are more pensioners than children in the UK. How many more?
For the first time there are more pensioners than children in the UK. How many more?
5,200
25,000
52,000
100,200
5,200
25,000
52,000
100,200
4.) Missing Word Question
4.) Missing Word Question
* women should proceed to Mount Isa"
* women should proceed to Mount Isa"
ugly
beauty-disadvantaged
grouse
ugly
beauty-disadvantaged
grouse
5.) Multiple Choice Question
5.) Multiple Choice Question
Jade Goody quit the Indian version of Big Brother this week after a cancer test. But what is the show itself called?
Jade Goody quit the Indian version of Big Brother this week after a cancer test. But what is the show itself called?
Big Brother
Bigg Brother
Big Boss
Bigg Boss
Big Brother
Bigg Brother
Big Boss
Bigg Boss
6.) Multiple Choice Question
6.) Multiple Choice Question
Convicted paedophile Gary Glitter back in the UK, where his songs get little airplay. The title of his best known hit?
Convicted paedophile Gary Glitter back in the UK, where his songs get little airplay. The title of his best known hit?
Do You Wanna Be In My Gang?
Do You Wanna Be In My Gang? (Do You?)
I'm The Leader of The Gang
I'm The Leader of The Gang (I Am)
Do You Wanna Be In My Gang?
Do You Wanna Be In My Gang? (Do You?)
I'm The Leader of The Gang
I'm The Leader of The Gang (I Am)
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Gary Glitter on Top of the Pops in 1970, the decade in which he was one of Britain's most lucrative performers. He sold the rights to his back catalogue for an estimated ã5m shortly before being caught in possession of child porn.Click NEXT to continue.
Gary Glitter on Top of the Pops in 1970, the decade in which he was one of Britain's most lucrative performers. He sold the rights to his back catalogue for an estimated ã5m shortly before being caught in possession of child porn.Click NEXT to continue.
7.) Multiple Choice Question
7.) Multiple Choice Question
And finally, the weird animal question. "It just looks like a costume." Said who?
And finally, the weird animal question. "It just looks like a costume." Said who?
Startled commuter as a stray monkey in a crowded Tokyo station made a break for freedom
Startled keeper at Jerusalem Zoo after disabled tortoise was fitted with wheels
Not-startled Bigfoot researcher on the claimed discovery of an dead ape-like creature in ice (that turned out to be fake)
Startled commuter as a stray monkey in a crowded Tokyo station made a break for freedom
Startled keeper at Jerusalem Zoo after disabled tortoise was fitted with wheels
Not-startled Bigfoot researcher on the claimed discovery of an dead ape-like creature in ice (that turned out to be fake)
Answers
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A Routemaster is 4.38m tall, meaning Mason's jump was equal to the lower edge of the destination blind on the front of the bus. Thanks to Jane at the London Transport Museum for confirming this measurement.
It's Bolt talking about himself. As he watched the big screen replay of his record-breaking 200m sprint on Wednesday, the Jamaican said: "I am cool. That guy is fast."
It's 52,000 - there are 11,561,000 pensioners and 11,509,000 under-16s in the UK, according to new figures from the National Office of Statistics released on Thursday.
Mayor John Molony said "beauty-disadvantaged" women could find love and help redress the population imbalance in the remote mining town... and offended many in the process."Grouse", by the way, means "outstanding" in Aussie slang.
It's Bigg Boss. Goody was called to the diary room to take a phone call from her consultant on Tuesday, and flew home that night for more tests and treatment. She is said to have consented to the footage being broadcast as part of the show.
It's I'm The Leader of The Gang (I Am) - key lyrics "Come on, come on..." and "Do you wanna be in my gang?"Click NEXT to see Mr Paul Gadd in his 1970s heyday.
It's Bigfoot expert Jeffery Meldrum, an Idaho State University professor, suspicious after two hikers claimed last Friday to have found the creature in the US state of Georgia. On Wednesday researchers thawed the ice and found... a monkey suit.Meanwhile, a wild monkey evaded capture in Shibuya Station on Wednesday. And Arava the tortoise, who cannot move her hind legs, got her wheels on Monday.
A Routemaster is 4.38m tall, meaning Mason's jump was equal to the lower edge of the destination blind on the front of the bus. Thanks to Jane at the London Transport Museum for confirming this measurement.
It's Bolt talking about himself. As he watched the big screen replay of his record-breaking 200m sprint on Wednesday, the Jamaican said: "I am cool. That guy is fast."
It's 52,000 - there are 11,561,000 pensioners and 11,509,000 under-16s in the UK, according to new figures from the National Office of Statistics released on Thursday.
Mayor John Molony said "beauty-disadvantaged" women could find love and help redress the population imbalance in the remote mining town... and offended many in the process."Grouse", by the way, means "outstanding" in Aussie slang.
It's Bigg Boss. Goody was called to the diary room to take a phone call from her consultant on Tuesday, and flew home that night for more tests and treatment. She is said to have consented to the footage being broadcast as part of the show.
It's I'm The Leader of The Gang (I Am). Click NEXT to see Glitter - real name Paul Gadd - in his 1970s heyday.
It's Bigfoot expert Jeffery Meldrum, an Idaho State University professor, suspicious after two hikers claimed last Friday to have found the creature in the US state of Georgia. On Wednesday researchers thawed the ice and found... a monkey suit.Meanwhile, a wild monkey evaded capture in Shibuya Station on Wednesday. And Arava the tortoise, who cannot move her hind legs, got her wheels on Monday.
